Homeland Series 05 Overview (2015)

Introduction

The fifth season of the American television drama series Homeland premiered on 04 October 2015, and concluded on 20 December 2015, on Showtime, consisting of 12 episodes

The series is loosely based on the Israeli television series Hatufim (English: Prisoners of War) created by Gideon Raff and is developed for American television by Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa.

Outline

Set two years after the previous season, Season 05 finds Carrie no longer working for the CIA but for a philanthropic foundation in Berlin, the Düring Foundation.

The season includes several real world subjects in its storylines, including ISIS, Vladimir Putin, Bashar al-Assad, the Charlie Hebdo shooting, Edward Snowden, and the European migrant crisis.

Cast

Main:
- Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, an ex-CIA intelligence officer with bipolar disorder, now working for a philanthropic foundation in Berlin.
- Rupert Friend as Peter Quinn, a CIA SAD/SOG (black ops) operative.
- Sebastian Koch as Otto Düring, a German philanthropist and Carrie’s boss.
- Miranda Otto as Allison Carr, the current Berlin CIA Chief of Station, working directly under Saul.
- Alexander Fehling as Jonas Hollander, legal counsel for the Düring Foundation and Carrie’s boyfriend.
- Sarah Sokolovic as Laura Sutton, an American journalist in Berlin who works for the Düring Foundation.
- F. Murray Abraham as Dar Adal, a retired black ops specialist, currently head of the CIA.
- Mandy Patinkin as Saul Berenson, the head of the CIA’s European operations and Carrie’s mentor.
Recurring:
- Nina Hoss as Astrid, Quinn’s former lover who works for the German intelligence service, BND.
- Atheer Adel as Numan (alias “gabehcuod”), a computer hacker who downloads classified CIA files.
- Sven Schelker as Armand Korzenik, a friend of Numan’s.
- Micah Hauptman as Mills, a CIA tech working in the Berlin Station.
- Allan Corduner as Etai Luskin, Israeli ambassador to Germany.
- Mark Ivanir as Ivan Krupin, a Russian intelligence agent
- Alireza Bayram as Qasim, member of a jihadist group in .Berlin.
- René Ifrah as Bibi Hamed, leader of a group of jihadists in Berlin.
- Morocco Omari as Conrad Fuller, a CIA agent working at the Berlin Station.
Guest:
- John Getz as Joe Crocker, a CIA officer working in Langley.
- Luna and Lotta Pfitzer as Frances “Franny” Mathison, Carrie’s daughter.
- Alex Lanipekun as Hank Wonham, a CIA officer
- Max Beesley as Mike Brown.
- Mousa Kraish as Behruz, an associate of Al Amin.
- Suraj Sharma as Aayan Ibrahim, who appears to Carrie in a hallucination.
- William R. Moses as Scott.
- Steve Nicolson as Boris, Russian ambassador to Germany.
- Yigal Naor as General Youssef.
- Janina Blohm Sievers as Sabine, a computer hacker.
- Reymond Amsalem as Mrs. Luskin.
- Darina Al Joundi as Mrs. Youssef.
- Emily Cox as Claudia, friend of Sabine.
- Jarreth Merz as Hajik Zayd, leader of a jihadist group.
- Ori Yaniv as Esam, Carrie’s former informant.
- Makram Khoury as Samir Khalil, an Iraqi national who helps Carrie.
- Darwin Shaw as Ahmed Nazari, a corrupt Iraqi lawyer.
- Oshri Cohen as Igal.
- Assaad Bouab as Waleed.
- Hadar Ratzon Rotem as Tova Rivlin.
- Rachid Sabitri as Dr. Aman Aziz, a professor who helps Bibi.
- Rus Blackwell as Dr. Emory, a surgical doctor.
- Stefanie Mueller as Erna Richter, working for the German Foreign Office.

Trivia

In April 2015, it was confirmed the entire season would be filmed in Potsdam, Germany, at Studio Babelsberg (with the exception of on-location shooting), making it the first American TV series to film an entire season there.
In June 2015, four new series regular roles were announced, including Sebastian Koch, Miranda Otto, Alexander Fehling and Sarah Sokolovic.
Production began in Berlin on 02 June 2015.

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